Currently in Salon

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  The best "Christmas Carol" ever
  Forget Patrick Stewart, Alastair Sim and (please!) Jim Carrey. Nobody gets Dickens like George C. Scott
  By Louis Bayard
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  What's next for healthcare reform
  Informal talks to reconcile more progressive House bill with Senate's; affordability will be a focus
  Mike Madden
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  "Sherlock Holmes": Downey by Law
  Guy Ritchie's version of the detective classic is hectic but harmless. Thank God for the film's two stars
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  Obama hails Senate passage of health bill
  "These are not small reforms; these are big reforms," the president says
  Alex Koppelman
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  Directors of the decade: No. 5: Steven Spielberg
  Love him or hate him, no American director has been so popular for so long and inspired so much debate
  By Matt Zoller Seitz
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  "It's Complicated": Another missive from romantic-comedy hell
  Alec Baldwin -- in his undershorts, no less -- saves Nancy Meyers' latest midlife whingefest
  By Stephanie Zacharek
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  Films of the decade: "Elf"
  There may be better movies -- but this is the one you'll watch with your kids, one Christmas after another
  By Mary Elizabeth Williams
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  Films of the decade: "The Weather Underground"
  This amazing doc about the radical terrorist group reminds us how fragile American society really is
  By Lawrence Levi
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  Films of the decade: "The Wrestler"
  Mickey Rourke's battered visage -- and amazing performance -- bring back my own less-than-golden wrestlin' career
  By Bob Calhoun
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  Protests spread across Iran
  State of emergency declared in Isfahan, as regime threatens crackdown
  By Juan Cole